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60 FRANK LESLIE‘
S NEW’ YORK
JOURNAL.
Time introducing the First of January to the Thirty-first of December.
Time.-(loq.) Will you allow me, Thirty-first of December!
Varieties.
RECKONING HY Niorirs.-The old German nu-
tions reckoned by nights, of which we have the re-
mains in the words se'nnight for week-fortnight
for two weeks. 'l'he Indians are in the habit of
measuring the days in a journey by sleeps. Per-
haps, among migratory nations, unaequninted with
Writing, journeys are almost the only things which
liahitually require reference to periods of time
shorter than a moon. fso, we may well under-
stand how natural it would be to measure the length
of the journey by the number of rests or stoppages ;
that is, by nights instead of days.
THE Manic Picrvns.-'1'liis picture must have
a frame and glass, about two inches off the border
of the print to cut off all around. The upper and
under part of the middle of the glass is covered
with tinfoil, that communicates with the bottom of
the frame: over this tinfoil the print is pasted.
Now if the tinfoil on both sides of the glass be
moderately electrified, and a person take hold of the
bottom of the frame with one hand, so that his
fingers touch the tinfoil, and with the other hand
endeavor to take off the crown, he'will receive a
very smart blow, and fail in the attempt. A gold
dollar a quarter will do as well. VVhen a ring of
persons take a shock among them, the experiment
is called " The Conspirators."
A RICH Drsiou.-A pattern tormed in cheques.
Tm: ONLY SUIT no TAILOR CAN CAsIuos.-Alaw-
suit.
I: riisiiz any impropriety in calling the dress
worn by a hospital nurse a ward-rol-cl
In our neighborhood there is a house where every-
thing is carried on on such go-a-head principles, that
even the very candles run.
A Cunt Tower.-One of the most amusing inci-
dents of the late excursion to Rock Island is thus
related by a western paper: A gentleman in the
wash-room said to the captain of the boat, “ Can’t
you give me a clean towel, captain '1" ‘‘ No l” said
the captain ; "more than fifty passengers have used
that towel there, and you are the first one that has
laid a word against it !”
A CDNSIDERATE FATHER.-“My dear," said an
Irish gentleman to his wife, “I would rather the
children were kept in the nursery when a.m‘at
home; although I should not object to their noise
if they'd only be quiet.”
CALIIORNIAN Aorsnrisino.-The following is a
specimen of the latest style of advertising produced
in San Francisco :
Noricz.-Having read a rumor that Daniel Tuck-
er, Esq. had le.t this town without paying me for
washing and ironing his shirt, I have to inform the
ublic that the rumor is false, as, when Mr. Tucker
left town, he did not owe me one cent. The report
probably arose from the fact that I had washed and
ironed for six months-upwards of thirty dozen in
all-for a young lady who left town about the same
time as Mr. 'l'tcbr, but who paid me iii 'ull before
leaving. Washing, thirty dollars per dozen.
Smut vcxun,
agar-Itarclisr dc Lnndreu, 607Momgomery Block.
THE PRINTING PRESS IN Tuiritzv.--In 1726,
Achmet III., a zealous friend of literature, issued a
decree, by which he ordered the establishment of a
printing-office in the Turkish capital. The Jews
and Armenians had possessed presses since the end
of the sixteenth century, in the houses of their chief
priests, but they were only used for printing reli-
gious works. In order to gain over the Ulema,
printing the Koran, the oral traditions, the canoni-
cal and juridical works, as well as the commentaries
on them, was forhiddeii. As the reason for this, it
was stated that an apprehension was felt lest these
worksiand espet-izilly the sacred books-might be
falsified. By this edict, also, two directors of the
new institution were appointed, for which the gov-
erment advanced the funds. Both received a regu-
lar salary, and the Minister and Grand Vizicr sup-
ported them in every way. Four of the most
respected judges were appointed censors, and Sultan
Achmet, who only survived his institution three
years, frequently visited the printing-oiiice, and
encouraged the directors and their German assist-
ants. Mohammed I. followed his example. Still,
in spite of the zealousiiess of the two directors, and
the support of the government, the printing pro-
ceeded very slowly. The dill-‘iculty of finding com-
petent compositors, and the want of type, which
which was all founded in Venice, were so great,
that in 1743-or after seventeen years-onl seven-
teen works had been printed. In 1747, after the
death of the inspector, Kadi Ibrahim, the printing-
oflice was closed, and not opened again till 7755.
Then, however, nothing was printed for a consider-
able timl, until the year 1784, when the Sultan
Ahd-ul-Hamid ordered the printing-oH-‘Ices to be
restored. From 1784 to 1828, eighty new works
were brought out, forming a total of ninety-one
volumes. From 1830 to 1842, M. Biunchi drew up
a new list. which furnished a total of about 108
Works. Since 1842 the number of printed books
has progressively increased, an new presses have
been established at Constantinople and in some of
the larger cities of the empire.
TH! SOLITUDE or run Dzsianr,-I found an un-
speakable fascination in the sublime solitude of the
desert. I often beheld the sun rise, when, within
the wide ring of the horison, there was no other
living creature to be seen. He came up like a god,
in awful glory, and it would have been a natural
act had I cast myself upon the sand and worshipped
him. The sudden change in the coloring of the land-
scape on his appearance, the lighting up of the dull
sand into a warm, golden hue, and the timings ofpur.
pie and violet on the distant porphyry hills, was a
moming miracle which I never beheld without awe.
The richness of this coloring made the desert beau-
tiful : it was too brilliant for desolation. The
scenery, so far from depressiiig, inspired and exhil-
arated me. I never felt the sensation of physical
health and strength in such perfection, and W115
ready to shout from morning to night, from the
overflow of hoppy spirits. The air is an elixir of
life-as sweet and pure and refreshing as that which
the &rst man breathed on the morning of creation,
First of January.
You inhale the unadulterated elements of the at-
mosphere-for there are no exhalations from moist
earth, vegetable matter, or the smokes and steams
which arise from the abodes of men, to stain its
purity. This air, even more than its silence and
solitude, is the secret of one's attachment to the
desert. It is a be:iutit'ul illustration of the compen.
sating care of that Providence which leaves none of
the waste places of the earth without some atoning
glory: “‘'here all the pleasant aspects of nature are
“'aIltlllg7WIl‘L‘l‘(3 there is no green thing, no fount
for the thirsty lip, scarcely the shadow of a rock to
shield the Ivinidcrer in the blazing noon-God has
breathed upon the wilderness his sweetest and ten-
dcrest breath, giving clearness to the eye, strength
to the frame, and the most joyous exhilaration to the
spirits.
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Gem! of Thought.
Wise men are instructed by reason - men of 1";
understanding, by experience; the mbst ignoi-am
by necessity ; and beasts, by nature. ’
WE SEE nor IN PART -“ W 1, t ‘
in the language of the Bible, isevgiail atildlnftlprziltyln
illustrated in the following: A traveller, as h:
passed through a large and thick wood, saw a pan
of 3 ‘W83 Oak. which appeared misshapen and
almost seemed to spoil the scenery. “ If” “id 1“,
“ I was the owner of this forest, I would ‘cut dow ’
that tree.” But when he had ascended the hill and
taken a full view of the forest, this same tree’ ap-
peared the most beautiful part of the landscape
“ How erroneously,”said he, “I have jm] ed wh-1'
I53“ “MY 3 3" 1" “This Plain tale ”gsa’s lire
Olin, “illustrates the plans of God! We nzw I
but in part. The full view, the harmony and pi:
-pitggglrgnotfnthings, are all necessary to clear up or“-
iin OTHERS THINK or Ug...u very id]. ,,
says Iimerson, “is all curiosity concerning no.3,
peoples estimate of us, and all fear of remainin
unknown is not less so. If a man knows th t hg
“an d” 3“Y‘hi"E-that he can do it better thana any’
gpetlellesefa-cltiebiias I11: pledge of the acknowlpdgemem
. d I 3 persons. The world is full of
J“ gm9m'd3Y3i and into every assembly that .
man enters-into every action he attempts--he is
Eailged and stamped. In every troop of boys that
Zmxll’ and fun each yard and square. a new.
as we and accurately weighed 3,, the
f‘(l>ll:I1;?;:f a days, and stamped with the right
, . as i e had undergone a former trial of
his strength s eed and tc A
r ' l P . ' mper. stranger come!
rein a distant school, with better dress, with trin
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Mixrims FOR nnuovmo I S
Blounns.-Cream of tartar andugiltswdtgiidrizliz IRON
each; mix well, and keep in ,1 stopper“ bombs oz.
Wannixo T0 Dnrauixrens.--VVhen a bgnke.
pends In Australia, they take the president to Q n 5-“;-
bprlng tree and serve him in the same mu; mg -
simple remedy, but very efficacmus Ila“